Sensitization Workshop for Media Personnel on the Issues of Single Women
2009-10-29
WHR with the support of European Union organized a half day "Sensitization Workshop for Media Personnel on the Issues of Single Women (Widows)" at its Central Office, Baluwatar on 27th October, 2009. The workshop aimed at sharing the issues of single women and challenges and identifying the role of media personnel to raise public awareness on this issue.
Altogether, 27 participants from 20 different media houses participated in the workshop. The media houses included both electronic and print media namely Radio, FM, Televisions, Newspaper and Websites.
Lily Thapa, Executive Director of WHR, made a presentation on the activities carried out by WHR and the issues and challenges faced by the single women. There was active participation of all the media personnel in the workshop. In this regard, the inputs and suggestions provided by the participants through the discussion and interaction have been very fruitful and helpful for us. The role of media in disseminating the information and advocating for the single women issues were also discussed during the workshop.
The workshop has paved way for strengthening the relationship between WHR and Media Houses and exploring areas of partnership to work together on this issue.
WHR would like to THANK the media houses and media personnel participating in the workshop for sharing their views and showing interest and commitment to work together in coming days.
